Dance devised by Mats Melin in October 2007 whilst teaching Ceilidh dancing on board the cruise ship Queen Mary 2 crossing the Atlantic from Southampton to New York and back with the Ian Muir Sound from Prestwick. The ...

The practical effect of the common law principle against
double jeopardy is the proscription against retrials for the same
criminal offence following an acquittal or conviction.2 Pleading
double jeopardy3 is not to be ...

Specialization and delegation of policy leadership within committees is the norm rather than
the exception in legislatures around the world. Yet, little research has studied the sub-groups
of lawmakers who serve as ...

November 2005 saw a significant flashpoint in the long-running history of tensions between minority groups and those in power in France. Two teenagers, allegedly while hiding from the police, were accidently electrocuted ...

This thesis is a realist, disciplinary history of European Union Studies (EUS). It
begins by examining a number of criticisms aimed at realist IR theory. By considering these criticisms it is possible to illustrate a ...

When speaking of damages in Tort law Salmond & Heuston state “[i]t
is often discussed whether the governing principle is that of restitutio in
integrum, or whether the defendant is only obliged to give the plaintiff ...

In this research article we explore the manner in which a particular discursive
device, the “sinister fringe” was deployed in national news media coverage of
protests against the introduction of water charges in Ireland. ...

In general, a functioning liability and insurance framework should ensure an adequate level of
third party claimant protection and a reasonable and adequate final allocation of liability costs for
the involved parties. ...

Where a statute creates new offences, or alters existing
offences, it is now usual to abolish pre-existing
offences. In addition, the statute might include a
transition provision to facilitate the prosecution of
offences ...

This research is an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between Irish Traditional and North Indian Classical music. It is an attempt to explore, in both a rigorous academic manner and through professional ...

Bail is a device which provides for the pre-trial release of a criminal defendant after security
has been taken for the defendant’s future appearance at trial. Ireland has traditionally adopted
a liberal approach to bail. ...

The struggle for English Language Teaching (ELT), and by default language teacher education (LTE), to become recognized as fully-fledged professions is a continuing one (Wallace, 1991, pp. 4-6). However, increased ...

Conforming to the idea that reflective practice (RP) should be based on the premises of social learning, the present study relies heavily on the power of collaboration to provide support for more introspective forms of ...

Two centuries have passed since Selleck Osborn (1782-1826) first cautioned: ‘What you leave at your death, let it be without controversy; else the lawyers will be your heirs.’1 Despite the passage of time, the value of the ...

In April 2007, Ireland’s first Regional Writing Centre at the University
of Limerick was launched. This chapter outlines the various international,
European, national, regional, and institutional winds to which
the ...

In examining the contours of criminal law and its application, most lawyers and criminologists are drawn to traditional ‘real crime’ (homicides, violent assaults, organised crime, sexual offences, requirements of mens rea ...